Projects

SURE and its network of partners participate in and lead programmes that will help to change the future of the Eurodelta megaregion.

Next Generation Podium for Eurodelta

As a pilot program ‘Next Generation Podium for Eurodelta’ was the first initiative in creating a platform of knowledge sharing and bringing in the ideas of the next generation. The first edition of the online symposium explored the sustainable development of the Eurodelta, through dialogue between experts practice and academia and from different generations of planners and designers. This program focused on including the young generation in the discussion towards the thinking and development of the spatial-economic vision for SURE-Eurodelta.
 

To know more:
Next Generation Podium for Eurodelta

2023: The third Next Generation Podium is taking place 11-12 May 2023. Read more.
 

2022: The second edition focused on the themes of Water Management and Climate Adaptation; Cross-border Mobility and Infrastructure; Smart Specialisation Strategies. Once again the students developed stunning ideas for these 3 themes that are worthwhile to explore.

Next Generation 2022
Next Generation 2022 reflection
Next Generation 2022 catalogue

2021: In the first edition of the Podium many themes were presented to see the broad spectrum of challenges and to see creative solutions being developed within the Eurodelta. See the presentations here and see the results of the students work.

Reflections and Videos – Eurodelta Symposium
Next Generation 2021
Next Generation 2021 results
Downloadable Catalogue


Scientific Board + Eurodelta Knowledge Platform

The scientific board of SURE network is network of researchers and academicians in development, from the various universities in the territory of Eurodelta. Through the scientific board, the aim is to encourage knowledge sharing, support initiatives from research and academia thus bridging the gap between research and practice. Through the support of the universities in Eurodelta region, the scientific board will help cross border collaboration through supporting and sharing scientific knowledge and collaborating on projects by involving students, researcher and practitioners.

We foresee this idea and discussion forming a bigger program in future with adding partners and commitments from the universities and research institutes. This can create an added value of the SURE Network – activating the research/ innovation network to stimulate the “cross-border discussion”.
 

To know more:
Eurodelta Visions by the Next Generation


STISE – Sustainable Transport Infrastructure in the Strategic urban region Eurodelta

The goal of the ESPON STISE study is to provide an answer to the question to what extent the SURE area is moving towards greener mobility that contributes to the EU sustainability goals, and thus to more attractive and sustainable urban regions.

Read the report: Propelling Sustainable Mobility – Conversations with policy-makers from the Eurodelta (PDF download)

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More information


Eurodelta reports

Redesigning the Eurodelta

In the years to come, it is highly foreseeable that we are going to see a shift from air travel to rail in Northwest Europe. How can high speed rail connections for passenger transport in the Eurodelta be improved and to which spatial scenarios will this lead? In our view it’s urgent to strengthen the physics and the performance of the metropolitan system (the total of the metropolitan areas) in this part of Europe, in order to maintain the prosperity and the competitive power in the global economy by reaching new standards for a rail network of the 21st century, sustainable and with an excellent performance.

Redesigning the Eurodelta

Going Beyond the Border
Eurodelta-Metropole

More than 40 million people can be reached in three hours of travel. This makes the Eurodelta metropolis a global hub for goods, services and knowledge. In addition, this area has, historically and in current policy, a strong will to collaborate on cross-border tasks. Collaboration in the Eurodelta metropolis investigated how to strengthen the international clout of this area.

Eurodelta-Metropool

Go Europe, Go Rail
An Economically Strong, Just and Climate-Proof Eurodelta

Never waste a crisis and we are hopeful that the COVID 19 crisis will push forward the European Green Deal (EGD). However, the proposed deal (December 2019) lacks the needed support for a trans-European high-speed passenger train network. Even though the benefits of such a network will favour several actions of the EGD, them being the European Union (EU) as a global leader, a just transition and investing in a climate neutral economy.

Go Europe Go Rail